JapanSugoi

Nothing better to start the week than watching some videos of the absolutely beautiful Japanese fashion model Nozomi Sasaki 佐々木希 giving some tips to wanna be fashion models on Japanese TV.

Nozomi Sasaki Videos

part 1

part 2

Beautiful half Japanese model Jessica Michibata appeared in the June issue of Japanese magazine TARZAN ターザン.  The popular lingerie model was on the cover for issue 514 in a topless pose which no doubt gained her a lot more fans!

Rumi Koyama 小山ルミ is a retired Japanese singer, actress and TV talento born in 1952 to an Irish soldier and Japanese mother.  She grew up in Sapporo and was became a teen model and had a singing, movie and acting career from 1968-1974.

She released 13 singles, 3 albums, 13 movies and 13 TV shows. In 1974 she married a Japanese jeweler and retired to Los Angeles.  She made her last appearance on Japanese TV in 1997 on TV Asahi’s the Super Sunday Showザ・スーパーサンデー

For more information about Rumi read her Japanese wikipedia entry here.

Rumi Koyama sings You Keep Me Hanging On

Supremes 1966 original

Kim Wilde version

Well it had to happen sometime, but all the otaku hoping to marry Leah Dizon will just have to find another girlfriend.  The 22 year old Jpop singer revealed on the final night of her concert tour last week that she got married on October 10 at the Hilton hotel in Shinjuku.  Her husband is a 29 year old Japanese stylist name Bun whom she met about a year ago when he was involved in a shoot for one of her CD jackets. They became friends after Dizon began consulting with him about work, and it developed into a relationship.  They didn’t waste any time after that..

Leah also announced she was 4 months pregnant and will be taking a break from work until after the baby is born, but says she plans to continue her career.

Leah Dizon press conference to announce her wedding and pregnancy

Aki Nishihara 西原亜希 is a 21 year old Japanese actress from Yokohama. She started acting in 2003 in and has since appeared in 18 TV dramas including 3 this year Last Friends ラスト・フレンズ Kansahojin 監査法人and Shiro to Kuro 白と黒.  She’s also appeared in 6 movies including 3 this year Hana Yori Dang Boys Over Flowers: Final  花より男子～ファイナル～, Sunshine Days サンシャイン デイズ and Sanbongi Nogyokoukou, Bajutsubu 三本木農業高校、馬術.

If you are not familiar with these movies or TV shows, Aki Nishihara can be seen on TC commercials for Pantene パンテーン shampoo, Asahi Mitsuya cider 三ツ矢サイダー, Suntory water サントリー天然水・南アルプス and the ever popular JR East Suica Card TV commercials.

Read more about Aki Nishihara in her blog here.

Aki Nishihara in Suica TV Commercials

Koizora 恋空 is popular Japanese TV drama currently airing on Japanese TV station TBS. The true high school love story by author Mika, was popularized on the cell phone novel site, 魔法のらんど (Mahou no Land), and since then was made into into a novel, movie and now a TV drama.

The TV series tells the story of Japanese high school girl Mika Tahara ( played by Japanese actress and model Elena Mizusawa 水沢エレナ) who experiences first love with her peroxide blond badboy Hiro Sakurai (played by Koji Seto 瀬戸康史) despite all the ups and downs of teenage years. The film version of the movie starred Yui Aragaki as Mika and Haruma Muira as Hiro.

Koizora Sky of Love videos

trailer plus interview

Koji seto’s lousy soccer skills

More music destruction occurred earlier this year when global superstar Kylie Minogue visited Japan and made an appearance on SMAP’s variety show SMAPxSMAP. Kylie chats with the SMAP boys before singing her big hits I should be so lucky (1988), Can’t get you out of my head (2001) and Two Hearts (2007) with them. Hugely entertaining for the wrong reasons, it’s clear the SMAP boys should not sing in English!

Found this funny? Check out SMAP singing with Mariah Carey 

Kylie singing I should be so lucky 1988 on Music Station

Kylie singing I Should be so Lucky without the SMAPPIES 2008

Jpop Group Mihimaru GT version of I should be so lucky